The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
JOHN G. CORDER.
Charged with Opening II letter Ad-
dressed 10 Mrs. A. Bradley, Mother
in-!aw Off. II. Duffy.

dressed TO Mrs. A. Bradley, Mother
in-!aw Off. II. Duffy.
As the readers OF the HERALD may
thoroughly understand the charge
against Jno. &. Cordcr. letter carrier,
report of the examination now going
on before l. :. Commissioner Burford,
is given from the time Of bcginni W,
which was continued several days on
account of the examination Of the
men suspected of robbing tic train.
Jno. c. Ccrdcr, is charged with having
unlawlulIy opened "A letter addressed
to Mrs. A. Bradley at Dallas.
John f. IIollingsworth awitness for
the government sworn and examined
de1oscs and says: am postollice in
spector in the State of Texas. first saw
the defendant few days ago. On
Saturday had conversation in re-
gard TO n letter addressed TO Mrs.
Bradley at Dallas. told him there
was trouble about a letter dcliv-
ere on his route; about it was some
information to parties in Dallas. !
asked him WhGt explanation he had to
give. lie said that letter came TO
Dallas fiom birmingham, Ala, adj
dressed to Mrs. A. Bradley. that some
pal ties in town wanted TO see where
the letter was mailed, which letter he
said the postmaster tool; from him.
| then asked him if there was
not any other on his route,
addressed. TO. Mrs. Bradley, about
which Inquiries had been made. lie
said there wos another from Toronto.
Canada, n letter addressed TO Brad
ley. No. 423 Cottage Lane" He said
it reached Dallas on Saturday night;
said the letter was put in his sack, and
he delivered i, on Monday at 423 Cot
tagc Lane. asked him if he gave any
one information as to the post mark
of that letter. He answered that he
had. Said he net party on the
street Monday about noon. The party
asked him if he had letter for Mrs.
A. Bradley. lie said he told the party
he had not. The parry said, 81 know
better. for a carrier in the Office had
shown it to me on Sunday" He said
he then told the party that he had de-
livcred the letter. asked the defend
ant if the party who made the in
quiry had paid him anything for iu-
formation about this letter. lie said
no. | then asked him if he had not
been paid by some person to furnish
information abont the letter. | cau-
toned him to tell the truth; that | had
seen another party in town (naming
the party) who knew about the mat
ter. lie then snid he had been paid for
giving information about this letter;
that he went with the party who
made inquiry on the street on Monday
to a certain business firm in town, the
manager OF which house paid him S25
cash and gave him his promissory
note or due bill for $50 more, which
note was conditional upon the fact
that the information furnished by him
(Corder) would lead 20 the arrest of
the party they wanted. As soon as
the party was arrested he went back
10 the business house, thinking the
manager had returned, 10 get the S75,
and some one in the house gave him
$25 OH the note. After the man
ager returned he presented
the note to collect the
balance due and was given draft tor
$50 on the bank of Adoue, Flippen &
Loeb, payable to bearer which was
cashed by party named Rheinhardt.
| asked him if he did give any other
information than the postinark and
address, and he said he had not.
Cross examination-The defendant
said the postmaster took the Birming-
ham letter from him. He said the in
formation he gave wasn't the post
mark.
Mrs. Alabama Bradley said. l live
in Dallas. In November 1856 receiv-
ed a letter addressed to Mrs. A. Brad
ley, College Lane. \ .. 423 Dallas. Tex,
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